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“Kiek…?”
A flicker of confusion crossed the spider’s eight pairs of eyes. It felt an inexplicable chill in its thick body that looked like shattered mirrors clumsily pieced back together. It was as if a gaping hole had opened somewhere.
Sensing something was wrong, the Kaleider brushed over its body with one of its legs. Right in the center of its torso was a perfectly round, cylindrical wound.
A beat later, the pain struck, and the Kaleider shrieked. It was a fatal wound.
“Kyaaaaaaaaah!”
Even an ordinary weapon would have caused severe damage, but this was a strike from a Holy Sword, the natural bane of a creature from another dimension. A power that thoroughly erased all things not permitted in this world.
The flames of divine energy burned it from within. It wasn’t dead yet, but its time was short.
“Tch. Was I off?”
Watching it writhe, Leon spat bloodied saliva. Had he hit according to his aim, the creature’s head would be gone—but somehow, the trajectory of the light had bent, piercing its torso instead.
El-Cid curtly supplied the answer.
—My disciple. Intelligence has always chased after you, but you were always a step ahead of it. Your attack had a property of light. Doesn’t it make sense that it bent a little when it touched a mirror?
“Ah… I see.”
—If you have a brain, maybe try using it once in a while.
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